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Wood gatherers and folk on a wooded hill - Signed l.l. - Oil on panel, 61.6 x 50.9 cm - N.B.: Verheijen began as pupil of a notary, but soon decided to switch his education for a spot in the studio of carriage- and jewellery painter Oste, in Utrecht. His parents supported this striking decision due to his relentless apetite for painting from an early age onward. Subsequently he concentrated on copying works from the cabinet of his professor Bleuland, after which he developed himself in the painting of cityscapes, portraits and, of course, landscapes. Verheijen is known for his meticulously painted works, recognisable for their warm colours.

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Shepherdess with her flock at the edge of the forest - Signed l.r. - Oil on canvas, 82.2 x 66.1 cm - N.B.: The French artist Charles Émile Jacque left the cholera infested Paris in 1849 to settle in Barbizon, together with Jean-François Millet (1814-1874). As one of the leading members of the School of Barbizon, Jacque's preference was for rustic and pastoral scenes, in which shepherds and their flock were often the main subject matter.

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Woman farmer in her flat-boat at dusk - Signed l.l. - Oil on canvas, 62.3 x 86.6 cm - N.B.: Van Rossum du Chattel painted countless impressions of the river Vecht in the province of Utrecht and its surroundings, prompting critics to nickname him 'painter of the Vecht'. Another preferred subject by his hand is the landscape around The Hague, the area where he grew up. He was given his first painting lessons by his father, Jan Hendrik van Rossum du Chattel, later on he attended the Teekenschool (drawing school) in The Hague and worked in the studio of The Hague impressionist Willem Maris. Despite the clear influences by The Hague School painters he developed a typically personal style.

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Rabbi reading by the window - Signed l.l. - Oil on canvas, 36.7 x 29.8 cm - N.B.: Initially the parents of Jozef Israëls envisaged a future as a rabbi for their son. Descended from a prosperous Jewish family, Israëls was sent to a religious school at a young age where he was taught Hebrew, received bible lessons and studied the Talmud. This Jewish upbringing had a strong influence on his intellectual and spiritual development. Soon his talent for drawing and painting took the upper hand: he attended classes at the Academie Minerva in the city of Groningen and in 1840 ended up in the studio of Jan Adam Kruseman (1804-1862) in Amsterdam. Under his guidance Israëls worked during the day, while attending classes in the evenings at the Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten. Jozef Israëls always felt strongly connected to his Jewish roots which in his later years came to expression in a series of works depicting Jewish clergy.

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The knitter - Annotated n.Blommers l.l. - Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 40.6 cm - N.B.: Meijer, mainly known for his views of Amsterdam canals and his typical paintings of cats and etchings, painted this knitter as a copy after the original by Bernardus Johannes Blommers (1845-1914), which is part of the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

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Volendam - Signed l.r. - Oil on canvas, 72.2 x 93.9 cm - Provenance: Private collection, Belgium - N.B.: The painter Johan 'Mari' Henri ten Kate was born as the youngest of three brothers in a well-off family on 4 March 1831 in The Hague. At a very young age he learned to paint, taught by his brother Herman Frederik ten Kate and later on at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague. Mari painted in the Romantic style, such as children playing in the dunes, at the sea-side or on the ice. The simple life of farmers, fishermen and their children inspired him: their simplicity and (assumed) virtue remained an ongoing fascination. (source: www.museumderoos.nl)

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Three horses in the stable - Signed and dated 1907 l.r. - Oil on canvas, 47.6 x 65.6 cm - Provenance: - Auction Hampel Kunstauktionen, Munich, 26 June 2009, lot 556 - Private collection, The Netherlands - N.B.: Nakken, who came from The Hague, concentrated on the painting of horses. Well-trained at the The Hague Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten, he roamed Europe after his studies together with the son of the other well-known painter of horses Verschuur (lot 24), and at his return was struck by the old farmsteads in Limburg. Many of his later paintings depict these farmsteads and their courtyards. The horses in these paintings play a leading role, while the figures only play a secondary role. (source: www.metzemaekers.com)

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The Spuistraat, The Hague - Signed l.l. - Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 32.3 cm - Provenance: Private collection, The Netherlands - N.B.: Arntzenius is considered the master of The Hague street views and as a The Hague contemporary and equivelent of the great Amsterdam impressionists George Hendrik Breitner and Isaac Israels. However, where Breitner and Israels had permits to work on the streets, Arntzenius had to hire a window from which to work from. The Hague, more quiet than Amsterdam, inspired him to paint intimate city scapes of a small format, in which he concentrated on the atmospheric mood. He liked the look of streets after the rain, when the wet asphalt reflects the colours and the misty weather obscures the outlines. The rythm of the city fascinates him, the uneven gables, the vertical movement of windows and facades, interupted by signs and flagpoles and the bustle of people and vehicles in the streets. His fine detailing and atmospheric rendition of the streetlife make his paintings unique documents of the time.

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Idyllic river landscape - Signed and dated 1852 l.l. - Oil on panel, 33.9 x 41.6 cm - Provenance: - Karl Vonderbank Kunsthandlung, Duitsland - Simonis & Buunk Kunsthandel, Ede - Private collection, The Netherlands - N.B.: The originally German artist Kitzinger established himself in Nijmegen in circa 1823. He lived and worked there up to 1838 when he moved to Amsterdam, where he lived for many years. He mainly painted landscapes, but there are also some church interiors and genre works known by his hand.

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Activity in a Dutch village on the coast - Possible traces of signature l.r. - Dated 1851 l.r. - Oil on panel, 30.3 x 39.6 cm - Provenance: - Simonis & Buunk Kunsthandel, Ede - Private collection, The Netherlands - N.B.: Jacques Carabain was a pupil at the Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, where he specialised in depicting cityscapes, marines and river landscapes. Carabain lived and worked in his home town till circa 1856, when he moved to Brussels and later to Schaarbeek. Carabain is regarded as one of the best painters of cityscapes active in the 19th century in Belgium. His subjects were the oldest cities of Belgium and Holland, but also piqturesque cityscapes in Italy, Germany, France and Austria. Due to the diversity of his oeuvre it is often difficult to establish the correct chronology of his works, except when a painting is dated, such as in the work offered here.

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a) Field and view of a mill near Rotterdam in summer - Monogrammed l.r. - Oil on panel, 30.7 x 43.6 cm - b) Field and tower view near Rotterdam in winter - Signed with initials l.l. - Oil on panel, 31 x 43.6 cm - Provenance: - Simonis & Buunk Kunsthandel, Ede - Private collection, The Netherlands - N.B.: Van Kouwenhoven is regarded as the foremost painter of romantic landscapes from Rotterdam. The influence of his teacher Balthasar Paul Ommeganck (the famous Antwerp landscape- and animal painter) is quite clear. In 1817 Van Kouwenhoven made a trip through Germany and Switzerland, where he produced many sketches after nature, which he subsequently used for his paintings. - (2x)

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Skaters and sleigh near a ruined tower - Signed l.r. - Oil on panel, 20.7 x 25.6 cm - Provenance: - Simonis & Buunk Kunsthandel, Ede - Private collection, The Netherlands - N.B.: Van Velzen was a pupil of Nicolaas Johannes Roosenboom (1805-1880) and, like his teacher, was loved for his romantic depictions of summer- and winter landscapes. The composition and use of colour in this painting are also clearly influenced by the teacher of Roosenboom, Andreas Schelfhout.

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Figures near the Koornmarktspoort by the river IJssel, Kampen - Signed and dated 73 l.r. - Oil on panel, 16.1 x 24.6 cm - Provenance: - Simonis & Buunk Kunsthandel, Ede - Private collection, The Netherlands - N.B.: The Koornmarktspoort is a city gate in the city walls of Kampen, the oldest in The Netherlands. The back of the gate faces the Koornmarkt and the front faces the IJssel, where it forms part of the famous Kamper IJsselfront.